Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to education |
Mar 02, 2021 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 05, 2021 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S4561
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 41st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
2021-S4561 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5404
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5, Chap 537 of 1976
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S1284
2021-S4561 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4561 SPONSOR: HINCHEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 1976, relating to paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible pupils in certain school districts, in relation to reimbursement for certain lunch meals served during the declared COVID-19 state of emergency PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to allow school districts to be able to use the NYS produced food that was purchased for lunch during the school COVID shutdown to count towards the qualifying purchases threshold to qualify for the increased reimbursement lunch rate for the Farm to School program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 5 of Chapter 537 of the laws of
2021-S4561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4561 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 5, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 1976, relating to paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible pupils in certain school districts, in relation to reimbursement for certain lunch meals served during the declared COVID-19 state of emergency THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision a of section 5 of chapter 537 of the laws of 1976, relating to paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible pupils in certain school districts, as added by section 2 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: a. Notwithstanding any monetary limitations with respect to school lunch programs contained in any law or regulation, for school lunch meals served in the school year commencing July 1, 2019 and each July 1 thereafter, a school food authority shall be eligible for a lunch meal State subsidy of twenty-five cents, which shall include any annual State subsidy received by such school food authority under any other provision of State law, for any school lunch meal served by such school food authority; provided that the school food authority certifies to the State Education Department through the application submitted pursuant to subdivision b of this section that such food authority has purchased at least thirty percent of its total cost of food products for its school lunch service program from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding school year. SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITIES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL LUNCH MEALS SERVED TO STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EITHER THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT, THE SUMMER SEAMLESS OPTION, OR THE SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM DURING THE DECLARED COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY AS SET OUT IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 202 OF 2020 AND AS CONTINUED IN EACH SUBSEQUENT EXECUTIVE ORDER. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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